“The Doctor Stays!”: Janusz Korczak as a Literary Figure Cover Image

„Der Doktor bleibt!“: Janusz Korczak als literarische Figur
“The Doctor Stays!”: Janusz Korczak as a Literary Figure

Author(s): Gabriele von Glasenapp
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, German Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Janusz Korczak; children’s and youth literature; the Shoah; memory culture

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the literary representation of Janusz Korczak in children’s literature of the past 40 years. The characteristics of children’s literature as a truly multimedia means of remembrance play a role when both words and pictures commemorate the Shoah. The many stories about Janusz Korczak can also point us towards the transnational character of children’s literature. Through translation, these stories become part of multiple (national) literatures, so that we can actually speak of a world literature that is not only part of a national or bi-national memory, but of a global, cultural one.

  • Issue Year: 68/2020
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 93-113
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: German